Paper clip or fastener.



No. 703,485. Patented July I, I902. I

A. SHEDLUCK. PAPER CLIP 0B FASTENER.

. (Application filed nee. 21, 1901 (No Model.)

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- vention in the specific'form preferred by me UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED sHEDLocK, or OUSHMAN, TRADING PAPER CLIP O'R FA STENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters. Patent 0. 703,485, dated July 1, 1902. Application filed December 2]., 19'01. Serial No. 86,794. (No model.)-

To all whom, it. may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED SHEDLooK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at J ersey- Oity, county of Hudson, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Clips or Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of clips made of wire bent into the required shape and employed for temporarily fastening sheets of paper. Ordinarily wire clips are made of small dimensions and are utilized in place of pins.

The clip herein described is of such construction as to be adapted to be made rela tively small for such uses, or it may be made considerably larger and be conveniently used in lieu of rubber bandsor tape for binding large packages of papers either folded or flat.

The accompanying drawings show this inand in the best form now known to me.

Variations in contour of the several portions of the wire mayno doubtbe made without departing from the'principles of construction or mode of operation of the device.

Figure 1 is a plan showing a small officeclip; and Fig. 2 shows a clip or binder of identical construction, but of larger dimensions, adapted for use as. a binder for folded papers, 850., but shownas applied to a collection of sheets. I

This clip has a portion marked 1, (shown in the drawings as straight,) which may be called the central part or head, being that part that lies against or adjacent the edges of the sheets towhich the clip is-applied. At the ends of the part 1that is to say, at 2 2, as shown in the drawings-the wire is turned or bent so that the two sides are convergent, crossing. at 3, and each extending beyond the point of intersection to 4, where it is turned upwardly in a direction at or about at right angles to'the part'between the points 2 2, and at the point 5 it is again bent and extends, preferably, in a straight line to the bend 2 at the opposite side of the clip, the end 6 of the wire being inclosed and protected by the bend 2. The angular space included between the points 3 4 4 is designed to be of sufficient dimension and depth to facilitate the ready application of the clip to sheets or bundles of papers.

In applying the device it should be held in a plane atan angle to the sheets of paper, with the edges of the sheets lying in the angle at the point 3. When the clip is turned so that its front and back portions bear, respectively, upon the front and rear faces of the sheets of paper, the strain will open the jaws and permit the clip to be pushed down upon or over the sheets untilthe edges thereof abut against the straight upper part of the clip between the points 2 2. One reason for giving the wire composing the front and rear jaws of the clip the conformation shown be tween the points 3.4 5 6 is to subject a rela tively. larger area of the surface of the paper to the clampingaction of the clip. Aside from this it will be observed that the points at which the wires cross-z. e. 3, 7, 8, and 9-are, considering the dimensions of the device, quite widely separated. Both of these features of construction insure a firm strong grip or clamping action.

Of course it is quite immaterial in what order or sequence the various bonds are made. The initial bends mightbe those marked 2 2, or the ends of the wire might first be bent into the desired shape between the points 6 5 4 and the bends 2 2 be the final ones. A peculiarity of this clip is that the front and rear jaws are given a strong set or tendency to press against each other by twisting or subjecting the wire between the bends 2 2 to torsional strain. This may be conveniently done-in manufacturing by first bending the ends of the wire between the points 6 5 4, then partially making the bends 2 2 to such extent that the front and rear jaws do not overlie one another. Thenthe twojaws are forced in opposite directions to twist or subject the wire between 212 to "torsional strain. Then the two jaws are-pressed toward each other until one will pass behind the other, and the bends 2 2 are then completed.

If the clip has been overstrained in use until it loses its elasticity or gripping action,.the jaws may be drawn apart fiatwise, then forced in opposite directions to impart the proper torsion to the wire between 2 2, and then again bent into proper relation.

The clips are of course to be made of wire of sufficient hardness and elasticity to ad apt them to the uses to which they are to be applied.

I claim as my invention- 1. A paper-clip formed from a single piece of wire and having a central part or head and convergent side parts crossing, at and extending beyond the point 3, then extending upwardly and then inwardly and again crossing at 7 and 9, the ends of said parts again crossing at 8 in the space between the head and convergent sides, and each finally terminating adjacent the upper part of the convergent side part of which it forms a portion.

2. A paper-clip formed from a single piece of wire and having a central part or head and convergent side part crossing at and extending beyond the point 3, then extending upwardly in lines transverse to the central part or head and then inwardly, and again crossing at 7 and 9,the ends of said parts again crossing at 8 in the space between the head and convergent sides, and each finally terminating adjacent the upper part of the convergent side part of which it forms a portion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

, ALFRED SHEDLOOK.

Witnesses:

KATHARINE MAOMAHON, EDWARD O. DAVIDSON. 

